Customs officials at the German-Czech border in Bahretal (Saxon Switzerland) have confiscated almost 13,000 bars of Dubai chocolate and many boxes containing around 400 apparently counterfeit items such as clothing, watches and shoes. According to the main customs office in Dresden, the officials also removed more than 650 packs of honey, creams and pastes from circulation, which, according to the contents, contained sexual enhancers and would therefore fall under the Medicines Act.
The driver - a 51-year-old man from Sweden - stated that he had taken the goods on board in Bulgaria. However, the officers found invoices in the driver's cabin for the goods he was carrying, which documented their purchase in Turkey. In this case, he would have had to carry customs documents and pay an import duty.
A criminal tax case was opened against the driver for evading import duties, among other things. These amount to almost 10,000 euros for the chocolate bars alone, according to the customs authorities. Proceedings were also initiated for violations of the Medicines Act and the Trademark Act.
